Gliding |
D1 |
Out-and-return distance |
533,60 km |
06 Jul 1959 |
Ludwik Misiek (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4319 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 200 km |
50,34 km/h |
16 Aug 1955 |
Maksymiliana Czmielowna (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4388 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Out-and-return distance |
164.60 km |
05 Jun 1952 |
Wanda Szemplinska (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4385 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Absolute altitude |
10 211 m |
01 Jan 1949 |
John Robinson (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
9981 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Free out-and-return distance |
342,370 km |
23 Jul 1939 |
Boris Kimelman (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
13605 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Straight distance |
407,660 km |
27 May 1937 |
Viktor Iltchenko (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
13612 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Distance using up to 3 turn points |
1044 km |
|
_unknown (-) |
minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim |
World |
15812 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Speed over a triangular course of 500 km |
162,8 km/h |
14 Dec 2009 |
Johan Luyckx (BEL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
15691 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km |
275,8 km/h |
16 Dec 2006 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
14381 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Distance using up to 3 turn points |
1 752.8 km |
17 Dec 2004 |
Diether Memmert (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10357 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 750 km |
171,29 km/h |
29 Jul 2003 |
Steve Fossett (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7856 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
220,1 km |
26 Aug 2001 |
Jana Koutna (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7098 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Out-and-return distance |
260,87 km |
15 Aug 2000 |
William G. Osoba (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
6765 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over a triangular course of 500 km |
151,37 km/h |
04 Jan 1999 |
Pamela Hawkins (GBR) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5880 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Speed over a triangular course of 300 km |
81,47 km/h |
15 Jul 1998 |
Patrick L. Tuckey (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5603 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Out-and-return distance |
705,04 km |
15 Feb 1997 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4018 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Triangle Distance |
532,85 km |
15 Dec 1996 |
Angelika Machinek (GER) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
3906 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Straight distance |
539,87 km |
14 Jun 1993 |
Ingrid Köhler (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
135 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km |
131,75 km/h |
09 Jan 1992 |
Katrin Keim (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10161 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Triangle Distance |
1 115,954 km |
03 Jan 1990 |
Walter Eisele (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
10189 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
143,46 km/h |
10 Jan 1987 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
365 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 750 km |
139,07 km/h |
04 Jan 1986 |
Erwin Müller (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5499 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 500 km |
146,70 km/h |
13 Dec 1981 |
Erwin Müller (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5495 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km |
129,54 km/h |
21 Dec 1979 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5500 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Triangle Distance |
1 114,262 km |
30 Dec 1978 |
Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
9988 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Out-and-return distance |
574,34 km |
20 May 1977 |
Adela Dankowska (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10157 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Triangle Distance |
770,99 km |
05 Jan 1975 |
Michael Carlton (GBR) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
9984 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 500 km |
86,98 km/h |
01 Jan 1972 |
Hugh G. Keartland (RSA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5491 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Straight distance to a declared goal |
864,86 km |
03 Jun 1967 |
Isabella Gorokhova (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
3294 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Straight distance to a declared goal |
737,03 km |
07 Aug 1963 |
Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4419 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Speed over a triangular course of 200 km |
79.01 km/h |
11 Jan 1961 |
Anne Burns (GBR) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
4403 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Speed over a triangular course of 200 km |
81,35 km/h |
12 Aug 1958 |
Harland C. Ross (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5457 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
8 533 m |
14 Apr 1955 |
Betsy Woodward (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4400 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km |
77.14 km/h |
24 Jun 1951 |
A. I. Mednikov (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4357 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
2 083 m |
25 Mar 1947 |
Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4336 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Duration without landing returning to the start point |
50 h 26 min |
09 Dec 1938 |
August Boedecker (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4467 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Straight distance |
254,759 km |
25 Jun 1934 |
Richard C. Dupont (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
13597 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km |
132,73 km/h |
03 Jan 1993 |
Klaus Holighaus (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
19193 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Out-and-return distance |
622,44 km |
18 May 2009 |
James M. Payne (USA) |
ratified - current record |
World |
15452 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km |
199,79 km/h |
03 Dec 2005 |
Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
12272 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km |
177,3 km/h |
11 Dec 2003 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
8251 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
1 081,2 km |
05 Jan 2003 |
Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7597 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free out-and-return distance |
627,2 km |
21 Jul 2001 |
Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
7045 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Speed over a triangular course of 100 km |
87,75 km/h |
16 May 2000 |
Adela Dankowska (POL) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
6564 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free out-and-return distance |
1 042,55 km |
25 Dec 1998 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5888 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Free out-and-return distance |
767,45 km |
13 Jan 1998 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5276 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
796,21 km |
05 Jan 1997 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
3963 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Free out-and-return distance |
809,49 km |
15 Dec 1995 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
3063 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Straight distance to a declared goal |
1 039,87 km |
25 Jan 1993 |
Karl A. Rabeder (AUT) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
409 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Speed over a triangular course of 500 km |
84,94 km/h |
31 May 1991 |
Margit Pantenburg-Becker (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
417 |
|
→ |
⌄ |